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Good luck ladies...I too will be passing this time around. I'm eating good and all but I don't want to commit again bc I cant always remember to stay on top of taking pictures and emailing them, etc. esp in the morning when I have to run around to get my daughter ready. I wish you all the best. Its a great incentive and the money is not bad either Have fun.

i like that idea alyssa, if you skip two weeks or more without having a legit excuse (and i dont necessarily think they need to be two consecutive weeks) then you can still participate, but you are not eligible to win the pot. i think that is good motivation for people to do it every week on time.

legit excuses for missing a weigh in would be: --your wedding falls in the middle of the contest and you'll be gone for 2 weeks --you are on a business trip with no access to a scale or camera, or your own computer --you have a family emergency and are unable to weigh-in and send a pic

non-legit excuses would be: --oops i forgot --i didnt feel like it this week because i gained, but i'd rather resend the photo from last week saying i stayed the same (yes someone actually did this, i am not going to say who) --sending the weight number in an email without a photo - we don't record the number until we see the pic etc

Sound fair to me!

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Originally Posted by 2bebridejamaica

I'm in I can't weight ... LOL.. to kick some weightloss booty.. (mine seems a bit larger these days)..

hehe, can't weight.. I'm giggling like crazy here. I think I had a long day! lol

I'm definately in!! I've been slacking on the gym so it's time to get back in gear!

guys you dont have to apologize for slacking last time... there were at least 10 people who skipped multiple weeks in a row.

the way ann's spreadsheet is set up, it wont calc your % numbers if you miss multiple weeks, so we had to put in a bogus number (the same number as the last week you reported) until you gave the next real number, so i dont really think it's fair to let people stay in who skip multiple weeks (again, except if their wedding falls during the 8 weeks) because their calculations are NOT accurate, KWIM?

I had noticed this season a bunch of people just not send anything in, or even respond to my emails/PMs asking if they forgot, etc. I mean, Maura and I are doing this to help out - at least let us know you just don't want to participate anymore - we don't care, but at least we don't have to try to work the spreadsheet!

If someone skipped a week or two, I'd just plug in the number they eventualy DID send me for all weeks that were blank so that for that week it would just show a 0% change. The week to week change really doesn't matter in terms of the overall contest, but I do think it's fun to see the progress.

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Originally Posted by Maura

i like that idea alyssa, if you skip two weeks or more without having a legit excuse (and i dont necessarily think they need to be two consecutive weeks) then you can still participate, but you are not eligible to win the pot. i think that is good motivation for people to do it every week on time.

legit excuses for missing a weigh in would be: --your wedding falls in the middle of the contest and you'll be gone for 2 weeks --you are on a business trip with no access to a scale or camera, or your own computer --you have a family emergency and are unable to weigh-in and send a pic

non-legit excuses would be: --oops i forgot --i didnt feel like it this week because i gained, but i'd rather resend the photo from last week saying i stayed the same (yes someone actually did this, i am not going to say who) --sending the weight number in an email without a photo - we don't record the number until we see the pic etc

I will enforce/abide by the rules that you all set - just let me know!

But I will say, I think that participants should be able to send in their weights any time on Wed. just because everyone has such different schedules and we're all in different time zones. The way I was doing it, as long as you got your # in to me by the time I got up Thurs. morning I counted it! lol But again, it's up to you!

I too agree with the posting your pic anytime on Wed. I don't have access to a computer at work and I'm running around like crazy as it is in the morning to have time to upload and send before leaving for work. I need to send my $15 though